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The Assembly Executive of the United Reformed Church, meeting at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, Derbyshire, has reappointed the Revd Geoffrey Clarke as Moderator of the East Midlands Synod. The Review Panel unanimously nominated Geoffrey to serve until July 2029, following an extensive review process, including responses from church members, Elders, churches in the […]

In mid-January, the Revd Lythan Nevard, Moderator of the United Reformed Church Eastern Synod, formed part of an ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome with church leaders from Norfolk and Waveney. Here, Lythan reflects on the trip: I was privileged to join church leaders of Norfolk and Waveney. We were Baptist, URC, Quaker, Catholic and Anglican. It […]

Andrea Heron, Chaplain to the General Assembly Moderator 2024-2025, offered reflections on John 2, the story of the wedding at Cana, on the final day of Assembly Executive 2025. She talked about the actors’ game “Yes and…”, where people pair off, one person suggests a scene for them to act and the other goes with […]

Day two of the 2025 meeting of Assembly Executive opened with worship, led by the Revd Andrew Mann-Ray, one of the General Assembly Moderator’s Chaplains. He reminded members that God lifts up the weary and gives hope to the hopeless. The reading was from Romans 4, about Abraham trusting God’s promise of a son after […]

The 2025 meeting of the United Reformed Church (URC) Assembly Executive opened on 3 February at The Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick, with a welcome by the Revd Tim Meadows, Moderator of the URC General Assembly 2024-2025. The Moderator also welcomed members into new roles and new members of Assembly Executive attending for the first […]

Fourteen-year-old Joe Wood, from Yorkshire Synod, is December’s recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award. Lu Hunt, the Children’s and Family’s Worker at Herringthorpe URC who made the nomination, described Joe as: “Someone who really does make a difference in the life of the church. We are so proud of Joe and we’re so grateful to […]